A girl became temporarily paralysed after drinking an energy drink

A 13-year-old schoolgirl from North Lanarkshire suffered "stroke-like" symptoms, with half of her body becoming temporarily paralysed recently, after drinking an energy drink she'd bought from an ice cream van near her school.

Caitlin Fraser has been told she can no longer drink energy drinks because of the high risk it could trigger a heart attack, after she was taken to hospital in an ambulance when she began to feel very unwell following consumption of the 'Emerge' drink.

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The teenager reported the right hand side of her face feeling "numb", before noticing just minutes later that her hands were turning blue. Shortly after, the entire right side of her body failed to work.

Concerned about her wellbeing, Caitlin's teachers called an ambulance which rushed her to hospital where her parents were waiting. There, doctors revealed the youngster had far too much caffeine in her body and that she'd suffered from a rare Hemiplegic Migraine.

"The right side of my face dropped and I was wondering what was going on then two minutes later my full right side had dropped and I had no sensation down my right side," The Mirrorreports Caitlin saying. "I was really scared," she added.

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It was thought the build up of caffeine in Caitlin's system was due to the fact that she had been buying the energy drink every lunchtime, and she now wants to warn others about the potential dangers of over-consumption.

"I just want to make people aware of what happened to me, yes it's very rare, but it can happen to you," she said. "Please please try and cut down on these energy drinks as it is a very, very scary experience but I'm so glad I had my friends and family to help me through."

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